Kangaroo Island

After a stressful and exhausting year, we took a break in November and drove across to South Australia on a four week holiday. First stop was Piccaninnie Ponds for an interesting, and freezing, fresh water snorkel. Then on to the Cooroong National Park and into McLaren Vale for some wine tasting.

The main event was a three week stay on Kangaroo Island, where we visited all the major tourist attractions and did a whole bunch of hiking. We also spent a lot of time at 'home' at our accomodation; Gaia, Demole River Retreat. An amazing place by the river in the middle of heavily forested bushland.

Needless to say, my time there included a whole bunch of wandering about and photographing wildlife. It was great to have some time to practice the use of my camera and new tripod, to focus on the photography without having the time pressures of hiking/trekking/travelling to get in the way.

I came home with a whole bunch of rubbish and a few gems. It will take some time to sort them out, but I'll post a link to the gallery when I'm done.
The trip concluded with a visit to Coonawarra for more wine tasting (and buying, of course) and a brief visit to the southern Grampians.

I have many plans for 2012, some of them will be life-changing if they come to fruition. It seems that the next year is a pivotal point, for me. Hopefully it will all make for interesting (and more frequent) reading!